FECAFOOT calls for Biya’s presidential candidacy

From the ruling CPDM party, the call for President Paul Biya to be a candidate at the next presidential election has extended to the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT.

The Federation made the call in Buea during the first ordinary general assembly of the Football Association, FA, on Monday, March 21, 2016.

According to the Tombi Aroko Sidiki lead group, Paul Biya being the number one sportsman in the country has taken several initiatives to promote sports and football in particular. Though no one rejected hasn’t been included in the list, one Michael Kaham one of the National Technical Directors of football surprised many when he interrupted the handing over of the motion to SW Governor Okalia Bilai saying that his name has not been included.

The protest attracted the attention of the FA president who had to re-examine the list. It was however noted that his name was wrongly spelled and eventually wrongly pronounced such that Kaham did not hear.

Notwithstanding the assembly validated the balance sheet of Tombi A Roko Sidiki for the past six months at the helm of the FA, approved the proposed budget and the presented members of the committees for ethics, homologation and discipline, irregularities, elections, arbitration, electoral irregularities, audit and conformity.

Though the session was described as generally successful, many still questioned why the Senior Divisional Officer for Fako and the Governor of the Southwest could be present and the Mayor of the town here Buea kept aside.

Mbella Moki, who is the 2nd Vice President in charge of the Northwest and Southwest, rather read the welcome address which many think could have been done by the local Mayor, noting that the session was holding out of Yaounde for the first.

Locals who showed up for the session still believe it was out of place for Mbella to address such an assembly. Many, however, see it as a continuation of political disagreements between the two.